Love it or hate it, Siri is the virtual assistant that Apple installs on your iPhone and iPad to answer your every request on demand. In some cases, it may not be your demand, but rather someone randomly saying âHey Siriâ from the other side of the room and mistakenly triggering your virtual assistant instead of their own.
When you donât respond to Siri, youâll eventually end up on the âSome things you can ask meâ interface, which suggests a number of predefined queries. This interface tends to hang around for at least as long as it takes for your handset to automatically lock itself from inactivity, and thatâs why a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Siri TTL by iOS developer 0xkuj may be considered useful by some.
In a nutshell, Siri TTL lets users define a timeout period after which Siri is automatically dismissed. The âTTLâ tidbit in the name actually stands for âTime to Live,â which Wikipedia describes as âa mechanism that limits the lifespan or lifetime of data in a computer or network.â
A particularly fitting name if we do say so ourselvesâŚ
Siri TTL can dismiss Siri regardless of the interface being shown. Even if you just got done asking Siri something and you arenât looking at the âSome things you can ask meâ interface, the tweak will work just the same.
Once youâve installed Siri TTL, youâll find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure the tweak to your liking:
Here, you can:
- Toggle Siri TTL on or off on demand
- Configure the duration (in seconds) after which Siri will automatically be dismissed
The main goal that Siri TTL aims to achieve is preventing the Siri interface from enjoying too much idle screen time when not in use, and it seems to accomplish that quite well. Those interested in trying Siri TTL can download the tweak for free from the Packix repository via their preferred package manager. The tweak supports jailbroken iOS 13 devices.
Whatâs your reason for auto-dismissing Siri after a predetermined amount of time? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.